All eggs are not equal: The maternal environment affects progeny reproduction and developmental fate in Caenorhabditis elegans

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Harvey, Simon C ^a   Orbidans, Helen E ^a  

^a CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG PRODUCTION; EGG SIZE; FEMALE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HEAT STRESS; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LIFE HISTORY; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MATERNAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; PROGENY; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; FOOD; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT SHOCK RESPONSE; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; TEMPERATURE;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; FEMALE; FOOD; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; OVUM; REPRODUCTION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 80053467149     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025840     Document Type: Article

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